The Adrienne Brown Papers

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1 The Adrienne Brown Papers N45 The National Dance Archive of Ireland University of Limerick March 2014

2 The National Dance Archive of Ireland University of Limerick The Adrienne Brown Papers Reference Code: IE 2135 N45 Title: The Adrienne Brown Papers Dates of Creation: (predominantly ) Level of Description: Fonds Extent and Medium: 7 boxes, 3 photographic boxes, 1 outsize box (420 files) CONTEXT Name of Creator(s): Brown, Adrienne (b. 1956). Biographical History: Dr Adrienne Brown was born in Dublin and began her dance education with ballet classes. She later developed an interest in contemporary dance and spent three years studying at London Contemporary Dance School. Between 1991 and 1998, she attended the Martha Graham Center of Dance in New York, where she gained first place in her teacher-training certificate course. She was co-founder with Anne Lise Schmitt of New Balance Dance Company in 1987, and a founding member of Dance Ireland, acting as its chair from 2008 to Adrienne taught movement to actors at the Gaiety School of Acting for twenty years, developing a programme suited to the needs of the training actor. Since 1994, she has been teaching technique and choreography at Inchicore College of Further Education. As a choreographer, Adrienne has remained true to dance as a specific form of expression emerging from the mastery of the human body in motion. For her creative work, Adrienne draws on movement, narrative, text, musicality and compositional elements. She has collaborated with several composers, including Paul Hayes, JJ Vernon, Michael Seaver, Mel Mercier, Trevor Knight and Siobhan Cleary, and has taken inspiration from the writings of Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats, Paula Meehan, Charlotte Mew and Beth Ann Fennelly. Her repertoire, which has been staged in Ireland, England and France, comprises over 40 choreographies, including Fin de Siecle (1989), Of No Dreams Remember (1989), Six Women in Search of a Dance (1990), The Wounds of Art (1990), Two Into One Won t Go (1991), Cry (1992), For Delia (1993), The Well (1994), The Sin Eater (1995), Meeting Points & Translations (1995), Four Points of a Circle (1995), Sculptura (1996), This Happened (1996), Mapping a Route Home (1996), Love is a Beautiful Bondage Too (1997), You Who Have Never Arrived (2001), Voices (2002), Who Moves You (2004), A Study of Bach s Musical Offering (I) (2005) and (II) (2006), Lumen (2010), One (2011), Arctic Birds Song (2012), and Exodus: A New Earth (2013). In 1997, Adrienne was the first Irish choreographer to be invited to participate in the Righting Dance project at the Institute of Choreography and Dance, Cork. This was a mentored research project, which took place over three years under Adrienne s chosen mentor, the international choreographer Kim Brandstrup of Arc Dance. This extensive creative process gave rise to a full-length dance work, Colmcille, which premiered in 2000 and toured Ireland in 2001.

3 Between 2002 and 2006, Adrienne completed a BA degree in University College Dublin, graduating with honours in Music and English, and an honours MA in American Studies. Following her MA thesis in 2006, she was awarded an Ad Astra Research Scholarship from UCD to undertake a four-year PhD in Musicology and Dance, leading to the completion of a doctoral dissertation, Meaning Indicators in Twentieth-Century Music and Dance, in Immediate Source of Acquisition: Donated by Adrienne Brown to the National Dance Archive of Ireland in three instalments on 13 December 2011, 8 February 2012 and 3 October CONTENT AND STRUCTURE Scope and Content: This collection comprises promotional material, photographs, audio-visual recordings, correspondence and grant applications illustrative of Adrienne Brown s career as a dancer and choreographer. The collection highlights not only Brown s long and varied career but on a wider scale the financial and logistic difficulties faced by dance artists in pursuit of creative expression. Appraisal, Destruction and Scheduling Information: All records have been retained except for duplicates, blank application forms and dated grant application guidelines which have been destroyed. Accruals: Accruals are possible. System of Arrangement: Documents have been divided into four series according to the activities to which they relate. Series A comprises material illustrating Adrienne Brown s professional development, including her dance and choreographic training, the establishment of New Balance Dance Company, her academic pursuits, and her contributions to the debate on the role of dance and the arts in Ireland. Series B comprises grant applications, illustrating the difficulties artists face in bringing their creative ideas to fruition. Series C comprises programmes, promotional material, reviews, photographs and audio-visual recordings relating to choreographic works created by Adrienne Brown and her collaboration with other choreographers. Series D contains material relating to Adrienne Brown s teaching career and her involvement in dance residencies and other dance-related community projects. CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE Conditions Governing Access: Unrestricted access to most items. A small number of documents contain personal information and are closed until 2043 to protect the donor s privacy. These documents have been identified in the descriptive catalogue. Conditions Governing Reproduction: Standard copyright regulations apply to all items. For photocopying or reproducing material, please consult with the staff. Language/ Scripts of Material: English, with a small number of documents in French and Italian. Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements: Paper documents, photographs and audio-visual recordings in good condition. Items 68, 129, 137, 143, 154, , 169, 181, 191, 201, , , , 303, 310, , 337, 339, 373

4 and 409 require a video player. Items 128, 131, 153, 157, , 199, 212, and 375 require a cassette player. Items 200 and 374 require a Video8 player. Item 298 requires a PC or a laptop with a VLC Media Player or similar. Items 313, 336 and require a DAT player. Item 396 requires a MiniDV player. Items , 355 and 420 require a video tape adapter. Please note that at present the National Dance Archive of Ireland can only facilitate the viewing of video tapes, cassette tapes, CDs and DVDs. Finding Aids: A hard copy of the descriptive catalogue is available at the National Dance Archive of Ireland. DESCRIPTION CONTROL Archivist s Note: Papers arranged and described by Anna-Maria Hajba. Rules or Conventions: This description follows guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd edition, Date of Description: December 2013.

5 Contents A. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ( )... 3 I HER DANCE AND CHOREOGRAPHIC TRAINING ( ) Ballet (1985) Terez Nelson Dance Company ( ) Dance Council of Ireland Choreography Course ( )... 4 (a) In (b) In London Contemporary Dance School (1990) Martha Graham Center of Dance ( )... 6 II NEW BALANCE DANCE COMPANY ( ) Incorporation (1990) Resumes ( ) Press ( ) Publicity Shots and other Early Photographs ( )... 8 III CHAIRMANSHIP OF DANCE IRELAND ( )... 9 IV ACADEMIC PURSUITS ( ) V CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEBATE ON DANCE AND THE ARTS IN IRELAND ( ) VI OTHER (2000) B. GRANT APPLICATIONS ( ) I TO THE ARTS COUNCIL ( ) In In In II TO OTHER BODIES ( ) C. CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS ( ) I WORKS BY ADRIENNE BROWN ( ) The Call, Duet for Three, Toyboys, Fin de Siècle, Something Unspoken, Of No Dreams Remember, Six Women in Search of a Dance, The Wounds of Art, Colours, Two into One Won t Go, Cry, Blood Wedding, For Delia, The Well, Silk Kimonos, The Sin Eater, Meeting Points & Translations, Love Is a Beautiful Bondage, Too, Colmcille, (a) Correspondence ( ) (b) Minutes, Reports and Proposals ( ) (c) Working Notes and Storyboards ( ) (d) Programmes and Promotional Material ( ) (e) Reviews ( ) (f) Photographs ( ) (g) Audio-Visual Material ( ) You Who Have Never Arrived,

6 21. Impromptu, Duet, Voices, Other ( ) II WORKS BY AND COLLABORATION WITH OTHER CHOREOGRAPHERS ( ) Paul Johnson (1986) Anne Lise Schmitt ( ) Diane Richardson and Esther Thompson ( ) (a) Mapping a Route Home (1996) (b) Other ( ) Gabriella Stazio ( ) (a) Fire in the Soul ( ) (b) Other ( ) Other Collaborative Projects ( ) D. TEACHING, DANCE RESIDENCIES AND OTHER DANCE RELATED PROJECTS ( ) I TEACHING ( ) Schools Project 86/87 ( ) Performing Arts School, Digges Lane, Dublin ( ) Gaiety School of Acting (c ) Inchicore College of Further Education ( ) Other ( ) II DANCE RESIDENCIES AND OTHER COMMUNITY PROJECTS ( ) General (1999) Laois County Council ( ) Cavan County Council (1996) Offaly County Council (1997) Cork County Council ( ) St Ita s, Portrane (1998) Waterford Corporation (1999) Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (2002) III OTHER DANCE RELATED PROJECTS ( )

7 The Adrienne Brown Papers A. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ( ) I Her Dance and Choreographic Training ( ) 1. Ballet (1985) 1 [1985?] Review of a performance of Giselle at The Olympia Theatre, Dublin, with special mention of Nicola Anthony as Giselle, Babil Gandara as Albrecht and Adrienne Brown as Berthe. 2. Terez Nelson Dance Company ( ) 2 19 September [1976] Programme for an evening of dance organized by the National Theatre Society Ltd at the Peacock Theatre, comprising a performance by the Terez Nelson Dance Company and a film entitled Night Journey performed by the Martha Graham Dance Company. 3 September 1976 Black and white photograph (166 x 173 mm) of Adrienne Brown and Joan Davis performing in Terez Nelson s choreography at the Peacock Theatre, Dublin. 4 September 1976 Black and white photographs (202 x 256 and 256 x 202 mm) of Adrienne Brown and Joan Davis performing in Terez Nelson s choreography at the Project Arts Centre. 3 items 5 [September 1976] Black and white photograph (256 x 202 mm) of Marian O Loughlin, Adrienne Brown, Joan Davis and Nadia Quick performing in Terez Nelson s choreography Insects at the Project Arts Centre. 3

8 6 [September 1976] Black and white photographs (202 x 256 and 256 x 202 mm) of Nadia Quick, Marian O Loughlin, Joan Davis and Adrienne Brown performing in Terez Nelson s choreography at the Project Arts Centre. 7 [September 1976] Black and white photographs (188 x 143 and 256 x 202 mm) of Adrienne Brown performing in Terez Nelson s choreography at Project Arts Centre. 8 [c. 1976] Colour photograph (112 x 88 mm) of Adrienne Brown and Joan Davis performing in Terez Nelson s choreography at Molesworth Street. 9 [c. 1976] Colour photograph (110 x 88 mm) of Joan Davis (in white leggings), Adrienne Brown (in yellow leggings), an unidentified dancer, Pamela Harris and Terez Nelson performing in Nelson s choreography at Molesworth Street. 10 July 1977 Colour photographs (88 x 112 and 112 x 88 mm) featuring Pamela Harris, Fiona Quilligan, Finola Cronin, Joan Davis and Diane Richardson rehearsing Terez Nelson s choreography The House of Bernarda Alba in a dance studio in Sandymount, Dublin. 3 items 3. Dance Council of Ireland Choreography Course ( ) (a) In August 1988 Black and white studio portrait (296 x 199 mm) by Derek Speirs of Choreography Course participants in Dublin August 1988 Black and white photograph (198 x 296 mm) by Derek Speirs of Olive Beecher, Mags Byrne and Adrienne Brown during a rehearsal. 4

9 13 19 August 1988 Black and white photograph (198 x 297 mm) by Derek Speirs of Adrienne Brown during a rehearsal. (b) In Summer 1989 Page from Dance News Ireland bearing a notice of the forthcoming Choreography Course to be held at Stranmillis College, Belfast, and a list of participating choreographers and dancers who included Adrienne Brown. 15 [1989] Black and white group portrait (253 x 202 mm) by Royce Harper of course participants at Stranmillis College, Belfast. Adrienne Brown is in the centre of the front row. 16 [1989] Colour photographs (124 x 101 mm) taken during the choreography course at Digges Lane dance, studio, showing participants at a rehearsal and at a social get-together. 1s 4. London Contemporary Dance School (1990) Also see 76, August 1990 Page from The Irish Times bearing an article relating to Adrienne Brown who has been offered a place at the London School of Contemporary Dance but who may have to forego her place due to a lack of finance December 2008 Copy letter from Claire Wilson confirming that Brown was a student at London Contemporary Dance School in on the school s one year certificate programme. 5

10 5. Martha Graham Center of Dance ( ) Also see 83, 87, 89, 97, February 1994 Letter from Diane Gray, Director, Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, 316 East 63 Street, New York NY 10021, offering Brown three weeks of work in the school in exchange for a three-week workshop Poster promoting Skidmore College summer dance workshops on 2-22 June 1996 sponsored by the Martha Graham Dance Company April 1996 Letter from Toni Smith, Summer Dance Faculty Advisor, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, welcoming Brown to their summer dance programme. Attached to the letter are two factsheets on the school s refund policy and travel information. 3 items 22 [1996?] Colour photographs (101 x 130 and 130 x 101 mm) of Adrienne Brown posing inside and outside Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance. 4 items 23 [c. 1999] Document outlining Brown s qualifications from Martha Graham Center (Skidmore College), the range of subjects covered and course outcomes. 7 pp II New Balance Dance Company ( ) 1. Incorporation (1990) August 1990 Photocopy of a letter from Karen Corcoran, Production Manager, Inter Company Comparisons Limited, ICC House, 17 Dame Street, Dublin 2, enclosing a certificate and other documents (now not present) relating to the incorporation of New Balance Dance Company as a limited company. 6

11 2. Resumes ( ) 25 [c ] Plastic folder containing background notes to and aims of the newly founded New Balance Dance Company; photographs of its performances; and CVs and portraits of its members, Adrienne Brown, Anne Lise Schmitt, Veronique Beliot and Diane Richardson. 26 [c. 1995] Printed page providing background information to the foundation of New Balance Dance Company, its aims and objectives, choreography to date and plans for [c. 2002] Brief resume of Adrienne Brown and New Balance Dance Company. 28 [2013] Adrienne Brown s resume. 3. Press ( ) 29 March 1987 Copy of New Hibernia containing an article (p. 46) entitled Le Balance, in which Adrienne Brown discusses her career and her hopes for the future. Also a related note. Also see [c. May 1993] Press cutting relating to Adrienne Brown and her passion for dance. 31 [2000] Press cutting relating to the Project Arts Centre and its varied history. The article bears a reference to Adrienne Brown and the New Music New Dance Festival. 7

12 32 [c ] Typescript of an interview between Diana Theodores and Adrienne Brown, entitled A Way of Living, a Kind of Dying. The interview was conducted in preparation for Theodores book Dancing on the Edge of Europe: Irish Choreographers in Conversation published by the Firkin Crane, Shandon, Cork, pp 4. Publicity Shots and other Early Photographs ( ) 33 [c ] Colour photograph (124 x 101 mm) of (L-R) Conor Buckley, Adrienne Brown and Mark Archer at a dance centre social in Dublin. 34 [c ] Colour photograph (98 x 102 mm) by Garrett Brown of his sister Adrienne Brown in a flamenco pose. 35 [c ] Black and white head and shoulders studio portrait (83 x 123 mm) of Adrienne Brown. 36 [c ] Colour photograph (101 x 123 mm) of Adrienne Brown on Holiday in Cyprus. 37 [c ] Black and white photographs (112 x 157 mm) of Adrienne Brown in an arabesque. 38 [c. 1987] Black and white studio portrait (202 x 253 mm) of Adrienne Brown in a dance pose. Also a related contact sheet. 39 [c. 1987] Black and white photographs (90 x 127, 127 x 90, 127 x 177 and 177 x 127 mm) by Garrett Brown of Adrienne Brown rehearsing in the old dance centre in Dublin (now Central Hotel). 36 items 8

13 40 [c. 1987] Black and white photographs (203 x 253 mm) of Adrienne Brown rehearsing in the old dance centre, Dublin (now Central Hotel). 41 [c ] Colour photographs (101 x 124 and 124 x 101 mm) taken at a reception preceding or following a New Balance Dance Company performance. Also related strips of negatives. 13 items 42 [c ] Black and white photographs (240 x 305 mm) by Jonathan Pratschik of Adrienne Brown rehearsing in a dance studio. The images were taken as publicity shots to promote New Balance Dance Company. Outsize. 7 items 43 [c. 1990] Black and white photograph (253 x 203 mm) of (L-R) Elizabeth Montague, Tracey Martin, Belinda Murphy, Kim Nolan, Michelle Woodlock and Adrienne Brown participating in St Patrick s Day Parade in Dublin. 44 [c ] Black and white head and shoulders studio portrait (185 x 249 mm) of Adrienne Brown. 45 [c ] Black and white head and shoulders studio portrait (202 x 249 mm) of Adrienne Brown. 46 [c ] Black and white head and shoulders studio portrait (112 x 202 mm) of Adrienne Brown. III Chairmanship of Dance Ireland ( ) 47 May 1998 Dance Ireland Away-Day presentation delivered by Adrienne Brown on taking the chair of Dance Ireland. 3 pp 9

14 48 [2001?] Booklet entitled Just a Minute? A Guide to Committee Servicing, written by Jean Grier and published by the Association of University Administrators (2nd edition). Inserted between the pages is a draft agenda of a meeting. 49 [c ] Chairperson s welcome delivered by Adrienne Brown at the launch of Dance Ireland 21. IV Academic Pursuits ( ) Colour photograph (101 x 127 mm) of Adrienne Brown on her graduation from UDC with a BA in Music and English. 51 June 2007 Progress report for year 1 concerning Brown s doctoral dissertation. 52 September 2007 Progress report for September-December of year 2 concerning Brown s doctoral dissertation. 53 December 2007 Goals for the next 9 months concerning Brown s doctoral dissertation. 54 [c. 2008] Application for the UDC seed funding scheme to purchase software which enables representation of the human body in motion in a dance context. The software was required by Brown for the completion of her doctoral dissertation Meaning Indicators in Late Twentieth-Century Music and Dance. Also a related application to the Arts Council. One item closed. Review January 2008 Copy letter to Aby Sebaly, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, 55 Bethune Street, New York, seeking permission for Adrienne Brown to interview Merce Cunningham for her doctoral dissertation during her forthcoming visit to New York. Closed. Review

15 56 17 January 2008 Copy letter to Nancy Umanoff, Mark Morris Dance Company, 13 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, seeking permission for Adrienne Brown to interview Mark Morris for her doctoral dissertation during her forthcoming visit to New York. Closed. Review Aug-Sep s relating to the death of Merce Cunningham and a public memorial service to celebrate his life which took place in New York on 28 October. Closed. Review pp 58 [c. 2011] PowerPoint presentation outlining the terms of enquiry for Adrienne Brown s doctoral dissertation. 4 pp V Contributions to the Debate on Dance and the Arts in Ireland ( ) 59 [c. 1991] Document entitled What is a Dancer? prepared by Adrienne Brown with a view to publication January 1993 Copy letter from Adrienne Brown to The Editor, Living & Leisure, Sunday Independent, Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 2, written in response to scathing remarks about dance made by Brighid McLaughlin in an article which had appeared in the paper on 24 January pp 61 3 December 1993 Copy letter from Adrienne Brown to Ciaran Benson, The Arts Council, 70 Merrion Square, Dublin, congratulating him on his appointment to the Board of the Arts Council and providing background information to her own career and aspirations. 2 pp February 1994 Letter from Adrienne Brown to Mary Brady, Arts Council Sub-Committee on Dance, 70 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, outlining her views of the state of the Irish dance scene in general and the difficulties experienced by herself as a choreographer in particular. 2 pp 11

16 63 31 March 1994 Photocopy of a letter to the editor by Adrienne Brown published in the Irish Times in response to views on dance in Ireland expressed by Carolyn Swift in an article which had appeared in the paper on 16 March. 64 [c. 1994] Press cutting from Job News relating to Adrienne Brown, her career and her hopes for the future of Irish dance. 65 [c. Feb-Mar 1995] Draft letter from Adrienne Brown [to The Arts Council?] expressing her views on the Council s new policy on dance which she considers divisive and nihilistic. 2 pp 66 7 March 1995 Letter from Adrian Munnelly, Director, The Arts Council, to Adrienne Brown, acknowledging receipt of her letter and assuring her that her views will be taken into account as the Council develops its policies in dance. 67 [c. December 1995?] Press cutting relating to the Arts Council and the reaction caused by its new arts plan. Adrienne Brown was among the individuals interviewed for the article Video tape containing a recording of a panel discussion on the subject of women, politics and the arts organized by Mary Brady and held at the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, on International Women s Day. Panel members included Adrienne Brown. Duration 01:54:00. For a related item, see [c. 1997] Document entitled If Politics Means Power, Where Are the Powerful Women in the Politics of the Arts, in which Adrienne Brown outlines her views on dance and the reasons behind women s involvement in art. For a related item, see

17 70 May 1997 Issue number 75 (Vol. 9 No. 4, May 1997) of IAM International Arts Manager Magazine containing a series of articles on the state of the arts sector in Ireland, including one on theatre and dance. 64 pp October 2000 Response by Adrienne Brown to the Review of Arts Legislation public consultation addressed to the Arts Division, Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands. 4 pp October 2000 Letter from Patricia Quinn, Director, The Arts Council, thanking Brown for her submission to the Minister s review of arts legislation. VI Other (2000) January 2000 Letter from Brendan Lucy, Firkin Crane, inviting Brown to submit material for the Firkin Crane s proposed new annual publication, A Dance Yearbook. B. GRANT APPLICATIONS ( ) I To the Arts Council ( ) 1. In Mar-Sep 1990 Correspondence and conditions forms relating to a successful application under Dance Performance Projects Scheme. The grant was used towards the production of The Wounds of Art. 8 items 75 Mar-May 1990 Correspondence and conditions forms relating to a successful application under Dance Development Project Award. The grant was used towards the costs of production of Six Women in Search of a Dance for the 1990 New Music New Dance Festival. Also related Arts Council labels. 5 items 13

18 76 7 May 1990: Letter informing Brown of the Council s decision 13 Dec 1991 to offer her a bursary towards a one-year certificate course at the London School of Contemporary Dance. Also a photocopy of a handwritten report by Brown providing an outline of her time in the London Contemporary Dance School. 77 [Early 1992] Application for funding for a dance/ drama project with the provisional title Passage, based on the famine in Ireland, using eight dancers and four actors. The application was unsuccessful. 5 pp 78 December 1992 Application for funding for a collaborative dance project with Alison Ulan, with the provisional title Dance Project 93. With a related cover note and receipt. The application was unsuccessful. 3 items 2. In [1995] Copy letter from Brown seeking the release of the balance of the grant awarded to New Balance Dance Company earlier in the year [towards the production of Fire in the Soul]. 80 Dec 1995-Feb 1996 Correspondence, application form, budgets and financial summaries relating to a successful application for revenue funding for One item closed. Review items January 1996 Letter informing Brown of the Council s decision to award her a supplementary grant to cover extended costs incurred in her recent production [of Fire in the Soul]. 82 March-Nov 1996 Correspondence relating to a successful capital grants application towards office rental and office equipment. 14

19 83 22 April 1996 Letter informing Brown of the Council s decision to award her a grant for a training course [at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance] August 1996 Application for Artist in the Community Scheme by Offaly County Council in association with the Tanyard Resource Centre, Tullamore, county Offaly. For the outcome of this successful application, see pp Budget for a Christmas show, probably prepared as part of a funding application. 86 Nov 1996-Mar 1997 Draft notes, correspondence, application form and budgets relating to an unsuccessful application for revenue funding for One item closed. Review items April 1997 Letter relating to a successful application made by Brown for a Dance Teachers Award [to attend a training course at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance]. 88 Feb-Apr 1998 Correspondence, application form and budgets relating to an unsuccessful application for dance project funding to continue the Colmcille project with Cavan County Council. 5 items 89 8 September 1998 Copy report by Brown providing an outline of her time at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in summer 1998, funded by the Council s Dance Teacher s Award scheme. 2 pp September 1998 Correspondence and submission relating to a questionnaire to companies and artists who were in receipt of Arts Council funding between 1995 and items 15

20 91 Sep 1998-Feb 1999 Correspondence, draft submission, application, and budgets relating to an unsuccessful application for revenue funding for The main focus of the application was the continuation of the Colmcille project. One item closed. Review items 92 Mar-Apr 1999 Correspondence relating to a successful reapplication of 91 under the Dance Project Funding Scheme April 1999 Letter relating to an unsuccessful application for a Professional Teachers Award June 1999 Letter relating to a successful application for a Choreographers Award. 95 [c. 1999] Proposal by Adrienne Brown for the establishment of a Youth Dance Company in the Laois area, and a related note concerning Dunamaise Theatre and Centre for the Arts. The documents formed part of an application to the Arts Council under the Dance Artist in Residence scheme. 3. In Oct 1999-Jun 2000 Correspondence and budgets relating to a successful application for a Dance Project award to meet the shortfall generated by the creation of Colmcille, and a successful touring grant towards Colmcille and the postponement of the tour due to internal pressures at the Firkin Crane. For other related touring grant applications, see 115, items 97 4 May 2000 Letter relating to a successful application for a Dance Teachers Award [to attend a training course at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance]. 16

21 98 May-Nov 2000 Correspondence and draft budget relating to a successful application for a Choreographers Award. The purpose of the grant was to enable Brown to travel to London in November 2000 to watch Kim Brandstrup s rehearsal of a dance work with his company, and in 2001 to watch the completion of the dance work. 4 items 99 Mar-May 2001 Correspondence, proposal and draft budget relating to a successful application for a Dance Artist in Residence Award in partnership with Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. 4 items 100 Apr 2001-Apr 2002 Correspondence relating to a successful application for a Choreographers Bursary and the drawing down of the award. 5 items 101 [c. Apr-Jul 2001] Draft budget and letter relating to an unsuccessful application for Choreographers Award May 2001 Draft budget and letter relating to an unsuccessful application for a Professional Dance Teachers Award [to attend a training course at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance]. 103 Aug-Dec 2001 Correspondence, working notes and application forms relating to an unsuccessful application for Project Funding in conjunction with Dun Laoghaire- Rathdown Arts Office. 14 items 104 [2001] Supporting documentation, financial breakdown and correspondence relating to an unsuccessful application under the Title by Title grant for the production of a book with the working title Recollections, dealing with the history of dance in Dublin in the 1970s and 1980s. 5 items 17

22 105 [c ] Handwritten draft budget and part of an application form relating to an application for a Professional Development Award for [c ] Handwritten and typed drafts of New Balance Dance Company s budget expenditure for , prepared as part of an unspecified grant application. 3 items February 2002 Handwritten and typed drafts of New Balance Dance Company s budget breakdown for dance residency at Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown in , prepared as part of an unspecified grant application. 108 Apr-Aug 2002 Correspondence and an informal application relating to an unsuccessful attempt to secure an Artists Bursary for In one of the letters Brown outlines her reasons for losing faith in the Arts Council after a relationship of 15 years. 5 items 109 [c. 2002] Page entitled Three Year Report outlining Brown s activities between 1995 and 2001, probably prepared as part of a grant application. II To other Bodies ( ) 110 [c. 1991] Unsuccessful application [for AIB Better Ireland Awards], incorporating a list of venues and dates of performances of New Balance Dance Company and choreographies created by Adrienne Brown, Anne Lise Schmitt and Diane Richardson between 1986 and pp December 1993 Application to the Kaleidoscope Programme (run by the Commission of the European Communities Culture Unit) for a collaborative work entitled Dance for Peace. The application was unsuccessful. 10 pp 18

23 112 [c. December 1994] Grant application to an unidentified body for revenue funding for 1995, and a related expenditure budget for April 1996 Extract from Official Journal of the European Communities C114, Vol. 39 (19 April 1996) providing information on the 1996 Kaleidoscope Programme. 39 pp 114 [1996] Brochure promoting AIB Better Ireland Awards. With a related insert and a page of handwritten accounts entitled AIB Awards Budget. 3 items 115 [2000] Correspondence and handwritten and typed draft budgets relating to a successful application to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland for a tour of Colmcille in the North. 9 items May 2001 Handwritten draft and typed final proposal to an unidentified body to film Colmcille on the Aran Islands. Also a related proposed time scale. 3 items 117 [2001] Grant Application to Udarás na Gaeltachta for a 5-week tour of Colmcille, including a residency and performance in the Aran Islands. Attached to the application is a page of accounts entitled Budget for Aran Residency. One item closed. Review [c. 2001] Handwritten drafts of a budget for a proposed tour of Colmcille in Wales, prepared as part of a grant application. Also a related post-it note. 3 items 19

24 C. CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS ( ) I Works by Adrienne Brown ( ) 1. The Call, [c. May 1987] Colour photographs (150 x 101 mm and 101 x 150 mm) taken during a studio performance by Anne Lise Scmitt and Adrienne Brown at an unidentified venue. The works performed included an unidentified piece choreographed by Schmitt (images 1-4); The Call by Brown (images 5-9); Arcane X by Schmitt (images 10-13), a solo choreographed and performed by Brown (images 14-17); and a solo choreographed and performed by Schmitt (images 18-21). Also related strips of negatives. 25 items 2. Duet for Three, 1987 Also see 131, 320, March 1987 Colour photographs (101 x 148 and 148 x 101 mm) of Adrienne Brown, Anne-Lise Schmitt (in a skirt) and Veronique Beliot (in a red top) rehearsing Duet for Three at the Dance Centre, Exchequer Street, Dublin [c. 1987] Colour photographs (127 x 89 mm) of Adrienne Brown, Anne-Lise Schmitt and Veronique Beliot performing Duet for Three at Dublin Street Carnival on Dame Street, Dublin. 122 [c. June 1988] Colour photographs (149 x 101 mm) of Adrienne Brown (in a blue skirt), Anne Lise Schmitt (pink) and Veronique Beliot (yellow) performing in Duet for Three at the Dublin Street Carnival on Dame Street. 1s 123 [c. 1990] Colour photographs (149 x 101 mm) of New Balance Dance Company performing in Duet for Three. 20

25 3. Toyboys, November 1987 Programme for performances of Barrington Cullen s Toyboys, directed by Matt Skinner and choreographed by Adrienne Brown, at an unspecified venue on 2-6 November. 32 pp 125 [November 1987?] Photocopy of a review of Toyboys. 4. Fin de Siècle, May 1989 Programme for New Music New Dance Festival on 4 May Performances included Fin de Siècle. 5 pp 127 [1989] Review of the New Music New Dance Festival performances at the Project Arts Centre, which included Fin de Siècle. 128 [1989] 90-minute cassette tape produced by Tommy Ellis Sound Recording Studios Ltd., containing on Side A music composed by Paul Hayes for Fin de Siècle. Duration 00:21:30. Side B is blank. 129 [1989] Video tape containing recordings of a rehearsal of Fin de Siècle at the Project Arts Centre; and of a performance at Montjoy during Mountjoy Prison Arts Week (June 1989) of Diana Richardson s choreography Labour of Love (1989), Brown s Rhythm of Nine, Brown s Something Unspoken, and two unidentified choreographies by Diane Richardson. Duration 00:51:55. 21

26 5. Something Unspoken, 1989 Also see [1989] Black and white photographs (202 x 253 and 253 x 202 mm) [by Derek Speirs?], each comprising two or more superimposed images of Adrienne Brown performing in scenes from Something Unspoken, giving the impression of movement from one dance position to another. 131 [1989] 30-minute cassette tape containing on Side A Erik Satie s Jack-in-the-Box (duration 00:12:18) and on Side B an extract from Vivaldi s Six Concertos Op. 11 (music used for Duet for Three) and Paul Brady s The Island (music for Something Unspoken) (duration 00:11:06). 6. Of No Dreams Remember, 1989 Also see [c. August 1989] Programme for a performance by the Irish Youth Dance Company at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, on 28 August-2 September [1989]. The works performed included Of No Dreams Remember. With a small thank-you note from the show s directors Tarin [Chaplin] and Stephen [Montague] August 1989 Reviews of a performance by Irish Youth Dance Company at the Project Arts Centre. 134 September 1989 Review by Diana Theodores of New Music New Dance Festival performances at the Project Arts Centre, which included Of No Dreams Remember. Attached to the press cutting is a letter from the critic enclosing a handwritten section of the review relating to Adrienne Brown which had been omitted from the printed version. 22

27 135 [Aug-Sep 1989?] Colour photographs (101 x 250 and 250 x 101 mm) taken during a performance of Of No Dreams Remember at the Project Arts Centre as part of the New Music New Dance Festival. Performers included Michael Dolan as Yeats (in white overalls) and Orla McFeely as Maude Gonne (in a red dress). 13 items 136 [1989] Black and white photographs (253 x 202 mm) by Royce Harper taken during a performance of Of No Dreams Remember [at the Project Arts Centre?]. 137 [Aug-Sep1989?] Video tape containing a recording of a performance of Of No Dreams Remember at the Project Arts Centre. Duration 00:22: Six Women in Search of a Dance, 1990 Also see 75, 159, May 1990 Programme for New Music New Dance Festival on May Performances included Six Women in Search of a Dance May 1990 Review of the New Music New Dance Festival at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin. The evening s repertoire included Six Women in Search of a Dance. 140 [1990] Black and white studio portrait (202 x 132 mm) of (L-R) Diane Richardson, Kim Nolan, Adrienne Brown, Michelle Woodlock, Tracey Martin and Mary Lally. The photograph was taken as a publicity image for Six Women in Search of a Dance. 23

28 141 [1990] Black and white photographs (122 x 81 mm) of scenes from Six Women in Search of a Dance taken during a photographic session at Digges Lane dance studio. The images are of Mary Lally as Nun, Adrienne Brown as Career Woman, Michelle Woodlock as Mother, and Tracey Martin as Girl. 4 items 142 [1990] Black and white photograph (120 x 77 mm) of (L- R) Diane Richardson, Adrienne Brown and Kim Nolan in a scene from Six Women in Search of a Dance during a photographic session at Digges Lane dance studio. 143 [1990?] Video tape containing a recording by Doghouse Film Company of a performance of Six Women in Search of a Dance. Duration 00:07: The Wounds of Art, 1990 Also see August 1990: Press releases and a related draft announcing the 5 September 1990 forthcoming new production of The Wounds of Art, to be performed at the Lombard Street Studios, Dublin, from 17 September. Also a related list of names and addresses of reporters and journalists compiled by the dance company s administrator, Mary Folan. 4 items 145 September 1990 Press cutting from In Dublin (13-26 September 1990) relating to the rehearsals and forthcoming performances of The Wounds of Art at the Lombard Street Studios, Dublin. 146 September 1990 Programme for performances of The Wounds of Art at the Lombard Street Studios, Dublin, on September items 24

29 147 September 1990 Page from In Dublin, bearing an advertisement of forthcoming performances of The Wounds of Art at the Lombard Street Studios, Dublin Sep 1990 Reviews of a performance of The Wounds of Art at the Lombard Street Studio, Dublin. 3 items 149 [1990?] Draft letter to Seamus Hosey, The Arts Show, RTE, seeking an opportunity to have The Wounds of Art featured on the show. 2 pp 150 [September 1990] Black and white photographs (203 x 252 and 252 x 203 mm) of Veronique Beliot, Niall Ó Sioradáin, David Bolger and Adrienne Brown performing in The Wounds of Art at the Lombard Street Studios, Dublin. 6 items 151 [September 1990] Black and white photograph (203 x 254 mm) of Niall O Sioraidán, David Bolger, Veronique Beliot and Adrienne Brown. The photograph was used as a publicity image for The Wounds of Art Black and white photographs (240 x 305 and 305 x 240) taken during a performance of The Wounds of Art. Outsize. 4 items 153 [1990?] 90-minute cassette tape containing music composed by Paul Hayes for The Wounds of Art. Side A: Act I (duration 00:24:30). Side B: Act II (duration 00:32:07). 154 [1990?] Video tape containing a recording by Frank Barr Videos of a performance of The Wounds of Art. Duration 01:04:05. 25

30 9. Colours, March 1990 Programme for a performance of Colours, choreographed by Adrienne Brown to music by Paul Hayes. The piece was performed by the children of the Dalkey School Project National School. 3 items 10. Two into One Won t Go, 1991 Also see , [c. 1991] Black and white photographs (88 x 139 mm) by A. Kelly taken during a performance of Two into One Won t Go at The Place, London School of Contemporary Dance. The choreography was created by Brown during her one-year course at the school. 3 items 157 [1991] Cassette tape containing on Side A music composed by Donald Erb for Two into One Won t Go. Duration 00:07:42. Side B is blank. 158 July 1991 Video tape containing a recording of a performance of Two Into One Won t Go by Ben Cowen and Pui- Wan Chow at The Place. Duration 00:07: [1991?] Video tape containing excerpts of dance works choreographed by Adrienne Brown, including Two into One Won t Go (May 1991); Six Women in Search of a Dance (September 1990); and Of No Dreams Remember (September 1989). Duration 00:30:14. The recording may have been prepared for a grant application to showcase Brown s choreographic work May 1996 Video tape by The Courtyard Studio containing excerpts from performances of Two Into One Won t Go (1991) and The Well (1994); and from the rehearsal of an untitled work in progress (1996). Duration 00:24:37. 26

31 11. Cry, [1992] Poster promoting the New Music New Dance Festival at Project Arts Centre on September Flyer promoting the New Music New Dance Festival at Project Arts Centre on September. 163 September 1992 Programme for the New Music New Dance Festival on September Performances included Cry by New Balance Dance Company. 6 pp 164 [1992] Black and white photographs (127 x 178 and 178 x 127 mm) taken during a rehearsal of Cry at Digges Lane. The dancers featured in the images include Michelle Woodlock, Orla McFeely, Aideen Gohery, Deirdre O Neill, Rachel Lambert and Adrienne Brown. Also related strips of negatives. 24 items 165 [1992?] Black and white photographs (253 x 202 mm) by Kevin McFeely taken during a performance of Cry at the Project Arts Centre as part of the New Music New Dance Festival. Also a related contact sheet. One item outsize. 5 items Black and white photographs (190 x 241 and 241 x 190 mm) taken during a performance of Cry. 9 items 167 [1992?] 90-minute cassette tape containing on Side A recordings of Dr Labus by Henry Torgue and Serge Houppin; and (twice) Wild Is the Wind, performed by Nina Simone, to which Cry was originally rehearsed. The subsequent soundtrack by Paul Hayes (for which see 168) was created to match Brown s original music choice in style and length. Duration 00:20:00. Side B contains a recording of an unidentified piece which ends abruptly. Duration 00:02:33. 27

32 168 [1992?] 60-minute cassette tape containing on Side A the music for Cry composed by Paul Hayes. Duration 00:07:00. Side B is blank. 169 [1992?] Video tape containing a recording of a performance of Cry at the Project Arts Centre. Duration 00:10: Blood Wedding, March 1993 Programme for performances of Federico Garcia Lorca s Blood Wedding by Dalkey Players in the Town Hall, Dalkey, on 3-6 March 1993, directed by Margaret Dunne and choreographed by Adrienne Brown. With a related insert. 13. For Delia, [June 1993?] Programme for the fifth New Music New Dance Festival [on 9-12 June at the Project Arts Centre,] Dublin. Performances included For Delia. 12 pp 172 [June 1993?] Reviews of the New Music New Dance Festival performances at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin. 173 [c. June 1993] Letter to the editor of The Evening Herald from Adrienne Brown concerning Don Smith s review of For Delia. 174 Winter 1994 Dance News Ireland winter issue, containing a notice of forthcoming performances of For Delia at Colaiste Mhuire. This was a reworking of the original first performed at the New Music New Dance Festival in

33 Black and white photographs (253 x 203 and 238 x 151 mm) of scenes from a performance of For Delia. Also a related contact sheet (202 x 253 mm). 5 items 176 [1993?] Black and white photograph (241 x 141 mm) of a scene from a performance of For Delia. Also a related fragment of a contact sheet (202 x 45 mm). 14. The Well, 1994 Also see , 306, This choreography was originally called Rún Poster promoting the New Music New Dance Festival at Project Arts Centre, Dublin, on 7-11 June Programme for the New Music New Dance Festival at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, on 7-11 June. Performances included Adrienne Brown s solo dance piece, Well, on 7-8 June. 3 items and 12 June 1994 Photocopies of reviews of the New Music New Dance festival performances at the Project Arts Centre. 4 items 180 June 1994 Black and white photographs (182 x 236 and 236 x 183 mm) of Ella Clarke performing in The Well at Project Arts Centre in June items June 1994 Video tape containing a recording of the premiere of The Well at the Project Arts Centre. Duration 00:13:16. 29

34 182 [c. 1995] Brochure promoting activities at the Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture at Dieppe, during the season. The events formed part of L Imaginaire Irlandais, an event curated by Cathy O Kennedy, who invited Brown to bring The Well to the event. In French. 24 pp Programme for L Imaginaire Irlandais, a festival of contemporary Irish culture which ran in France from March to August. Participants included Adrienne Brown who performed [The Well] at the Scéne Nationale Centre Jean-Renoir, Dieppe, on 1-13 April. In French. Inserted between the pages is a bookmark promoting the event March 1996 Letter from Cathy O Kennedy, L Imaginaire Irlandais, 70 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, confirming Brown s participation in the dance residency being hosted by Dieppe Scene National as part of the L Imaginaire Irlandais Festival April 1996 Press cutting relating to L Imaginaire Irlandais. The article is illustrated with a photograph of some of the participating dancers, including Adrienne Brown. In French. 186 April 1996 Invitation to two events in Dieppe as part of L Imaginaire Irlandais. Attached to the invitation are a general overview of L Imaginaire Irlandais and a photocopy of a related press cutting from Le Monde (16 March 1996). In French. 3 items 187 April 1994 Programme of events during L Imaginaire Irlandais at Dieppe on 6 April In French September 1996 Letter from Doireann Ni Bhriain, Irish Commisioner, L Imaginaire Irlandais, 70 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, thanking Brown for her participation. Attached to the letter is a related souvenir brochure in French. 30

35 15. Silk Kimonos, November 1994 Programme for Silk Kimonos, a Yeats pageant of visual poetry and dance by Mary O Donnell, presented by the Ladies Committee of Opera Ireland. The event was choreographed by Adrienne Brown. 190 [November 1994] Colour photographs (101 x 124 and 124 x 101 mm) of dancers posing for the camera in costumes from Silk Kimonos. 4 items 191 [1994] Video tape containing a recording of Silk Kimonos, filmed in a private stately home in Blackrock, county Dublin. Duration 00:30:00. Image grainy. 16. The Sin Eater, [February 1995] Programme for a performance of The Sin Eater at Coláiste Mhuire, Dublin. 193 [1995] Letter to the editor of The Irish Times from Gwyn Grace relating to Carolyn Swift s review of The Sin Eater. 194 [1995] Black and white studio portraits (203 x 254 mm) by Kevin McFeely of Adrienne Brown in scenes from The Sin Eater, taken as publicity images to promote the work. Also a related contact sheet (203 x 254 mm). 3 items 195 February 1995 Colour photograph (253 x 178 mm) taken at a rehearsal of The Sin Eater at Coláiste Mhuire. 196 [February 1995] Colour photographs (254 x 178 mm) taken during a performance of The Sin Eater at Coláiste Mhuire. 9 items 31

36 197 [1995?] Black and white photographs (203 x 254 mm) of Michelle Woodlock and Cedric Chapelin in scenes from The Sin Eater. The photographs were used as publicity images. 198 [1995?] Black and white photographs (203 x 254 mm) of Cedric Chapelin, Alex Diana, Michelle Woodlock, Jillian Burns and J Aime Morrison in publicity images for The Sin Eater. Also a related contact sheet (254 x 198 mm). 10 items 199 [1995] 90-minute cassette tape containing on Side A a recording of a review of The Sin Earter by Seona MacRéamoinn on The Arts Show presented by Mike Murphy. Duration 00:05:12. Side B is blank. Tape quality is impaired February 1995 High Band Video8 master tape containing a recording of a performance of The Sin Eater in Colaáste Mhuire. 201 [1995?] Video tape containing a recording of a performance of The Sin Eater. Duration 01:05: Meeting Points & Translations, 1995 Also see June 1995 Programme for Dance Fest 95 in Dublin on 7-17 June. Performances included Meeting Points & Translations at the Samuel Beckett Centre on June June 1995 Photocopy of a review of the first programme of Dance Fest

37 June 1995 Photocopy of a review of performances during the second week of Dance Fest June 1995 Reviews of performances given during the second week of Dance Fest 95 in Dublin. 206 [1995?] Colour photographs (258 x 177 mm) of Adrienne Brown and Seán Nos singer Seán MacCraith performing in Meeting Points & Translations at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin. 6 items 207 [June 1995] Video tape containing a recording of performances of three dance works during Dance Fest 95 at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin. The pieces included Argatnel choreographed by Alex Diana, Sepia: Images of Emigration by J Aime blair Morrison, and Meeting Points & Translations by Adrienne Brown. Duration 00:25:18. Image quality poor June 1995 Video tape containing a recording of Eileen Farrell Memorial Concert, comprising an assortment of musical and comic performances. These included Meeting Points & Translations performed by Adrienne Brown and Seán Nos singer Seán MacCraith. Duration 02:14: Love Is a Beautiful Bondage, Too, 1997 Also see , June 1997 Programme for Dance Fest 97 in Dublin on June Performances included Love is a Beautiful Bondage, Too on June at the Samuel Beckett Theatre. With a related page containing additions to the programme. 33